Life Elementary Unit 3a

Tang and Li are from China but they live in Paris.

Present simple 1: Conjunctions: and/but

Man: Where are you from?

Woman: I’m from Spain but I live in London. I work in
a bank.
Man: Have you got any brothers and sisters?
Woman: I’ve got one brother, Alberto. He works in a
hospital and he lives in Madrid.

Presentation
Use the present simple to talk about …
• routines: I walk to work every day.
• permanent situations: She lives in New York.
Affirmative Third person ( he/she/it ) s : key spelling rules

I • Most verbs: live → lives, start → starts, work → works …

You live • Verbs ending with -s, -sh or -ch: finish → finishes, watch → watches …
We work Verbs ending with consonant + -y: study → studies …
in London. • 
They
• Irregular verbs: have → has, do → does …
He lives
See page 233: Spelling rules
She works

Conjunctions: and/but
• Use and for extra information: He works in a hospital and he lives in Madrid.
• Use but to show difference: I’m from Spain but I live in London.

Key vocabulary Verbs: finish, have, live, start, study, walk, watch (television), work
Have: have lunch, have a break
Occupations: banker, chef, doctor, nurse, teacher, waiter

Exercises
1 Write sentences about where they live.
1 I / Spain / but / London I’m from Spain but I live in London.
2 Alberto / Spain / and / Madrid Alberto’s from Spain and he lives in Madrid.
3 Tessa / Greece / and / Athens Tessa is from Greece and she lives in Athens.
4 Jim and I / the UK / but / Tokyo Jim and I are from the UK but we live in Tokio.
5 Yang and Li / China / but / Paris Tang and Li are from China but they live in Paris.
6 Dan / Australia / and / Melbourne Dan is from Australia and he lives in Melbourne.

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 Elementary Unit 3a
Exercises
2 Write sentences about where they work. Use the words in the box.
bank hospital school restaurant

1 Alberto’s a doctor. He works in a hospital.

2 Nina’s a banker. She works in a bank.
3 Tessa’s a teacher. She works in a school.
4 Dan’s a waiter. He works in a restaurant.
5 Yuko and Tomi are nurses. They work in a hospital.
6 Juana and I are chefs. We work in a restaurant.

3  Choose the correct verbs. Then listen and check.

My wife 1 work / works in a bank and I 2 work / works in a hospital. I 3 start / starts work
at nine o’clock every day. My wife 4 start / starts at eight but she 5 have / has a break at half
past ten. We both 6 have / has lunch at half past twelve. She 7 finish / finishes work at five
o’clock and I 8 finish / finishes at half past five. In the evening she 9 study / studies English
and I 10 watch / watches television.

4 Complete the description of Sophie and Emma’s routines.

Sophie Emma Larry Dan

start 10:00 09:30 16:30 17:00

break 15:00 15:00 19:30 19:30

finish 16:30 16:00 23:30 24:00

Sophie and Emma are chefs. Sophie 1 starts

work at ten o’clock and Emma 2 stars
at half past nine. They 3 have a break at
three o’clock. Sophie 4 finishes work at half 70x50mm
past four and Emma 5 finishes at four o’clock.

5 Look at the timetable in exercise 4 again. Write a description

of Larry and Dan’s routines.
Larry starts work at half past sixteen and Dan stars at fifteen o`clock. They have a break at half past nineteen.
Larry finishes work at half past twenty three and Dan finishes at twenty four o`clock.

6 Write a description of your routine.

 I get up at seven o´clock. Then I wake up my daughter. Later I breakfast with my family.
Usually I take my daughter to school in my car. Next I go to work. I start at nine o´clock.
Generally I finish work at thirteen o´clock and I have lunch with my family.
After that I go to my office to attend patients. I finish late just to have dinner with my family.
I go to bed at twenty four o`clock after reading a story to mi dauggter.
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